Puzzle game



Aug. 25, 1925. 1,551,265

G. R. PERRY PUZZLE GAME i Filed April 8. 1922 lN'vENToR Gea. E @myATTORNEY Patented Aug. 25, 1925.

UNITED STATES GEORGE R. PERRY, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

PUZZLE GAME. i

Application md Api-i1 s, 1922. serial no. 550,563.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE R. PERRY, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Brooklyn, county of Kings, State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Puzzle Games, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Among the prinrcipal objects which the present invention has in vieware: To interest a player; to promote skill and judgment in handling thegame; to provide amusement; and to simplify and cheapen theconstruction.

Drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of a game apparatus, constructedand arranged in accordance with the present invention; and

Figure 2 is a section, taken as on the line 2-2 in Figure 1.

Description f As shown in the drawings, a box-like structure orcontainer is provided having a glass cover 7 which' is supported byrela-- tively heavy wooden strips 8. Each strip 8 is shown provided witha series of pins 9, the heads of which are covered by a strip of anysuitable sealing means such as paperl 10. The sealing strip is extendedover the relatively thin bottom member 11, as well as the glass cover 7.The bottom 11 and the sides 12 are preferably formed from cardboard, thestructural strength being provided for the apparatus by the end pieces 8and the glass cover 7.

In playing the game or solving the puzzle a series of rolling memberso-r balls 13 are employed. These balls are pierced to provide smallthreading holes 14. The number of balls has preferably a definiterelation to the number of the pins in either series.

The game or puzzle consists in so manipulating the container as to placethe balls on the pins and in equa-l number throughout. That is to say,if there are ten balls, as shown in the drawings, the game and puzzle isto thread two balls on each of the.. pins 9 in either series. This isaccomplished by tilting the box so that the balls 13 are rolled to restagainst 'one of the longer sides of the box. The distance from the sideof the boX adjacent to the end pin is about equal to half the diameterof the ball, which means that if any ball is addressed properly to thepoint of the pin, the ball may be caused to slide down over the pin. Thelength of the pins is such as to support two of the balls comfortably.The distance between the pins is such that when any pin is filled withballs, no other ball can gain access between the balls on such `pin andthe adjacent pin. In the playing of the game it is recommended that thecontainer be so held in either hand as to cause the balls to roll to oneside. One of the balls will then either lie adjacent to the point of thefirst pin or will become impaled thereon. The next ball in turn willcome toward the same pin and will likewise lie either directly againstits point or will become impaled thereon as a result of light tapping onthe edge of the container with the forefinger of the other hand. Thesemay be brought into place readily by rolling along the adjacent side ofthe container. In all cases care must be observed not to allo-w a ballto roll in front of the pin next to be covered, for the reason that if aball enters the space between two adjacent pins there will not be roomenough for a ball to pass upon either of the pins and then permit saidloose ball to pass out of suoli space without taking with it the impaledball. In this connection it is to be noted that the arrangement of thepins and their relation to the bottom of the container are such that anyimpaled ball can not roll from its supporting pin, and any free ball inthe container will roll and so change its posit-ion more freely, or withless tilting of the container, than the impaled ball will slide from itspin. This fact facilitates the manipulation of the loose balls so as tobring them into favorable position for passing upon the pms.

By a succession of light blows, the balls may be caused to vibrate orjump with slight rotation, which ultimately succeeds in disposing thehole 14.- provided in each ball opposite or in line with one of thepins, which may thereafter be threaded thereon.

In this way the various pins become eachV provided with the propernumber of balls 13.

Claim:k

An apparatus as set forth comprising a container having a transparentcover and also a rigid end piece, a series of pins car' ried by saiclend piece and projecting thence parallel to each other and spaced fromand parallel to the bottom of the container, and a series of ballsWithin the container yeach having a hole therethrough adapting it to bereceived upon one of the pins, there being twice as many balls as thereare pins in said series of pins, and the diameter of the balls being soproportioned to the spaces between adjacentpius that When any pin isillecl with balls no other ball can gain access between the balls onsuch pin and the next adjacent pin.-

GEORGE R. PERRY.

